Hoe.



J. W. GONGEAR. HOE.

APPLICATION FILED 51111.12, 1911.

1,015,478. Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

Witnesses: lnYentor,

' Attorney;

JOSEPH w. CONGEAR, or srr ilitks, GEORGIA.

, HOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application-filedJ'anuary lfz, 1911. Seria1 No.602,252.' p

To all whom it ma'yconccm: V

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. .Go'NcnAR,

a citizen of the United-States, residing at Sparks, in the county, of Berrien and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Hoe, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates generally to hoes, and more particularly to one adapted for use in chopping cotton. r l

The object of the invention is to providea hoe which shall be oper'ative'for cutting cot-ton both on the push and the draw of the blade, whereby, in the same length of time, to accomplish double thework with'outadditional labor. i

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the inven tion is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a hoe as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specificatiomand inv which like characters of reference indicate correspond-- ing parts:Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a hoe constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a" vertical transverse sectional view, on an enlargedscale. Fig. 3 is'a view in front elevat'ion. Fig. t is a sectional detail view ofa slightly modified form of hoe. Referring to the drawing, l'designates an ordinary hoe blade to which is attached in any preferred mannera shank 2 to" enter a handle 3. These parts maybe of the usual or any preferred construction, and therefore need no further description. v

The gist of the invention resides in combining with the frontof the main blade 1 a supplemental blade 41,which7is preferably slightly dished upward, and is secured to the main blade, in this instance, by rivets 5, of which there may be any preferred number, three being shown. The lower edge" of the I supplemental blade lies flush withv the main 'mental blade.

with the old style blade,

cure-"the two blades together as. described, it isto be understood that they may be made integral, .as shown in Fig. 4:, whereinti designates the main blade and 7 In the use of the device,on the backstroke ofthe hoe'blade, the edge 8 will do the cut 7 ting, and on'the reverse movement, the edge 9 will come into operation, so that itwill be seen that a double cutting action takes place,

which will largely facilitatethe work, and I will permit an operator to accomplishiin the same time double the work that canbe done additional labor.

:I claim: ,7 7 l 1 1. A hoe comprising a main and a supple mental blade, the latter being in contact with the outer face of the main blade from the cutting'edge to a point adjacent to'its median line and thence deflected outward and approximately at right angles thereto 7 and curved upward.

3. A hoe comprising a mam and a supplemental blade. assembled to provide a digging edge,the supplemental; blade being in contact with the outerfaceof the main blade from the digging edge to a point adjacent its median line and thence deflected outward and upward and sharpened to provide a cutting edge. v a

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presenceoftwowitnesses l;

JOSEPH W. CQNGEAR.

Witnesses: I

I BENJ. F. GARY,

JOHN B. Crmins.

the suppleand without any I PatentedJan.2'3,-19 12.-i

I blade, and is sharpened, as shown in Fig.2. .jVVhile it will generally be preferred, to se-.

'65 mental blade, the latter blade being in con- Copies of this patent may be obtained. for. fivecents each, by addressing theCommissioner-ot P'at T Washington, I), C. a 

